Example sentences of "[noun] seem [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volvo seem to be moving out all over the place . |
| 2 | As it stands the districts seem to be wanting their cake and eat it in that they would like er a policy restricting development in the open countryside but they do n't want it to come with baggage that is specific which says what the exceptions should be . |
| 3 | Both parts of that equation seem to be crazy . |
| 4 | Even the civilian academics at the college seem to be nullified by the overriding police desire for circumspection in the written account and the preference for academic silence . |
| 5 | The maintenance of this repertoire is made more difficult , in that the majority of children in Roman Catholic schools seem to be taught contemporary hymns and other religious music by religious education teachers , rather than by the music staff . |
| 6 | Erm all the s all the all the rumours you hear about public schools seem to be true . |
| 7 | His voice is so quiet that the words seem to be spoken not be Ali , but by a spectre standing right behind him . |
| 8 | Avoid an area where all the words seem to be loan words . |
| 9 | The tone of Tithonus ' words seem to be of great regret and self lamenting . |
| 10 | Uniformly blue berries that are familiar in certain temperate Ericaceae seem to be particularly associated with the attraction of pheasants , at least in the Malay Peninsula , where they are found in Pollia spp . |
| 11 | Given the provisions of s 6 of the UCTA and the way in which SGSA , s 17 has dealt with the warranties of title and quiet possession to be implied into other contracts under which property in goods is transferred , there do not in practice seem to be left any other types of contract under which property in goods can be transferred . |
| 12 | As Lavandera ( 1978b ) has remarked , one paradoxical consequence of the ‘ sea-change ’ in the concept of the sociolinguistic variable evident in the Weiner and Labov paper is that the authors seem to be attempting to argue for a function of variation almost converse to that which emerged from Labov 's earlier work . |
| 13 | Although you look like a child , you are not really a child at all because your mind and your powers of reasoning seem to be fully grown-up . |
| 14 | In fact , libertarian ideologists seem to be scarce in the Young Conservatives over the whole West Midland region . |
| 15 | Behavioural and sound signals seem to be used to communicate sexual interest , and among the toothed whales , with their great acoustic sensitivity , receptivity to sex may be communicated by something which a dolphin can ‘ see' ’ or ‘ ‘ hear' ’ with its sonar . |
| 16 | Certainly the new paradigm will have problems of its own but at the moment at least , its dominant characteristics seem to be those of caring , individuation , personal responsibility , individual freedom , self-exploration and personal fulfilment . |
| 17 | And in the other Nat West quarter final , Northamptonshire seem to be heading for victory over Glamorgan . |
| 18 | This perhaps links with the lack of awareness of Britain as a multilingual society referred to above — on the whole teaching methods seem to be conceived of a primarily technical , with little regard for the links between techniques and methods used and more general educational and social questions . |
| 19 | The conventional planning methods seem to be too limiting to make any real difference . |
| 20 | As Wilson ( 1978 ) points out , relationships between sisters and sisters-in-law are very positively valued across the whole of the Indian sub-continent , and patterns based on these relationships seem to be strongly established in the British context . |
| 21 | In the gastrointestinal tract , local eicosanoid synthesis and metabolism seem to be governed by intraluminal , neural , and hormonal factors . |
| 22 | The transcendental practices of the Australia Aborigines seem to be of the same order as those of the Tibetan practices , even if not so highly developed . |
| 23 | The corresponding regions on the right hand side seem to be smaller , they control the rhythm , pitch and stress of pronunciation which impart the emotional flavour to all we say and hear . |
| 24 | ‘ The other side seem to be stirring . |
| 25 | The two exchangers seem to be coupled indirectly via changes in pH i ; a rise in pH i resulting from stimulation of apical Na + /H + exchange activates apical Cl - /HCO 3 - exchange via its OH - sensitive modifier site , as recently shown in apical membrane vesicles from ileum and colon . |
| 26 | Exporters seem to be unaware the first 15 boxes on the consignment note should be completed by them . |
| 27 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 28 | The effects of carbachol and gastrin on acid secretion seem to be mediated via an increase in intracellular calcium , achieved partly , as in many cell types , by inducing inositol phosphate turnover . |
| 29 | Politics , sociology and biography seem to be constantly trivialised . |
| 30 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , in contrast , the Government have been responsible and does he further agree that the policies of the Opposition seem to be — |